Polychrome-painted Tin Toy Train

Description:

Polychrome-painted Tin Toy Train, America, late 19th century, painted tin with stenciled decoration and lettering, locomotive stenciled "FLASH" and "R.R.," a coal car, and two passenger cars stenciled "EMPIRE LINE," the passenger cars embossed "PAT'D FEB'Y 27, 1883," (paint wear),ht. 7, total lg. 33 1/2 in.

Provenance: Bosworth family, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

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